Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she stopped in her tracks , noticing something . |
| 2 | Only she lived in the posh part , called Hove , and whenever people said ‘ You live in Brighton , do n't you ? ’ it was normal to reply ‘ Hove , actually ’ until it almost had become the name , Hove-Actually . |
| 3 | Perhaps she went in secret with the good-looking , but rather boring Italian sculptor Alfredo Pina . |
| 4 | She had , at first , absolutely no hope of consent , and for a week or so she tossed in bed at night preparing to brace her spirit against the inevitable refusal . |
| 5 | So she waited in a quiet part of the street until people began to stream out of church . |
| 6 | So she nodded in agreement , but he did n't release her wrist . |
| 7 | The fat seemed to heat up more rapidly than she expected so she put in the steak and a great sizzling and searing went on and the air became full of blue smoke . |
| 8 | So she let in Vasilissa , set her by the fire , and gave her food . |
| 9 | So she remained in her place and someone always had to remain with her . |
| 10 | So she stayed in her parents ' home during the winter , helping to look after the children , making clothes for them and earning a little money whenever she could . |
| 11 | So she stayed in the back . |
| 12 | Mechanically she looked in the mirror . |
| 13 | And when they were inside she said in a different voice , ‘ What is going on between you and that girl ? ’ |
| 14 | Away she went in the VW , leaving the gentlemen of the press behind . |
| 15 | Her mind was taken up with puzzling over a fact which had become increasingly clear the longer she stayed in the apartment . |
| 16 | Just for a second longer she stayed in Luke 's arms , her whole body trembling , before abruptly she moved away and walked over to the rail . |
| 17 | She had been phoning people who might go to Greece with her or drive her there or , failing that , pay her air-fare , and eventually she succeeded in getting a loan from an aunt and an offer of a place in a minibus from an old schoolfellow and her boyfriend . |
| 18 | It was mid-evening , therefore , but still light , when eventually she arrived in Lower Axe . |
| 19 | Gradually she confided in Jay who was happy to listen and soothe . |
| 20 | Banned from seeing her six-month-old baby after being charged with assaulting the child in her cot at a London hospital , yesterday she failed in a bid to win supervised access . |
| 21 | She liked to dazzle Montparnasse with her originality ; sometimes she wore long flowing veils , usually she appeared in the smocked Liberty dresses that suited her pert little-girl look . |
| 22 | Edward paid the taxi driver in advance and all the way home she sat in a happy daze . |
| 23 | A short while later she glanced in the mirror , seeing a small , slender figure dressed in a mid-calf-length denim skirt , cuban-heeled cowboy-boots and white fringed shirt , her riotous auburn curls left tumbling free over her shoulders . |
| 24 | A little later she lay in bed beside her snoring husband , staring into the darkness . |
| 25 | Twenty minutes later she stood in front of the mirror wearing the fragile lace undies which were also the result of her impulse-buying . |
| 26 | Seconds later she stumbled in thought the airlock , gasping for breath , her costume ripped , her hands and face grimy and blood smeared . |
| 27 | Later she worked in public relations on an island playground for Scotland 's hunting and fishing set . |
| 28 | Her defences had crumbled under the onslaught of tears ; now she lay in his arms , naked emotionally as much as physically . |
| 29 | Now she fetched in the tray , and they all sat down . |
| 30 | The image vanished , but for several minutes now she sat in shock . |